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Meet
Alicia,
HR
Professional
with
a
passion
for
employee
engagement,
talent
development
and
mentorship.
She
calls
herself
a
social
media
geek
who
embraces
change
and
is
always
up
for
the
next
challenge!
Check
out
her
personal blog
as
well
as
the awesome video
she
put
together
on
what
social
means
to
her.
And
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Bryan,
CEO
of
PureMatter,
an
award
winning
global
digital
agency,
social
strategist,
author
of
the
acclaimed
book:
Human
to
Human
#H2H,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Bryan
as
he
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
his
talk
on
the
importance
of
sharing.
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Gianluca,
Head
of
Research
for
Airlight
Energy,
He
is
responsible
for
the
development
of
the
high-concentration
solar
photovoltaic
system
(HCPVT)
currently
being
developed
with
IBM
Research,
as
well
as
a
professional
saxophonist
and
unbelievable
TED
speaker!
Check
out
the
Airlight Energy case study
to
learn
more
about
what
Airlight
Energy
and
IBM
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Erick,
Director
of
Business
Analytics
and
Decision
Management
Strategy
at
IBM,
curious
connectionist,
unconventional
thinker,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Erick
as
he
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
his
talk
on
emotional
analytics.
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Florian,
Senior
Software
Engineer
in
the
Watson
Life
department
of
the
IBM
Watson
Group,
lead
architect
of
the
Chef
Watson
project,
foodie blogger,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Florian
as
he
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
his
talk
on
cognitive
cooking.
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Jim,
Social
Business
Strategy
Leader
and
king
of
Connections.
When
Jim
isn't
busy
answering
IBM
Connections
questions
on
his
daily
AskJim podcast
or
playing
on
the
beach
with
his
wife
and
two
children,
he
is
busy
researching
the
latest
technology
and
volunteering
his
time
for
environmental
and
sustainability
issues.
Blogger,
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Kare,
Emmy-Award
winning
journalist,
Forbes
and
Huffington
Post
columnist,
author
of
acclaimed
books,
including
Moving
from
Me
to
We,
co-founder
of
the
Say
It
Better
Center,
and
newly
featured
Talk
of
the
Day
speaker
on
TED.com!
Learn
how
Kare
reimagines
our
world
for
yourself
by
viewing
her
talk
on
becoming
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Kare,
Emmy-Award
winning
journalist,
Forbes
and
Huffington
Post
columnist,
author
of
acclaimed
books,
including
Moving
From
Me
to
We,
co-founder
of
the
Say
it
Better
Center,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Kare
as
she
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
her
talk
on
becoming
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Kareem,
VP
of
Development
and
SaaS
Operations
for
IBM,
expert
in
digital
media
and
programming
languages,
author
of
"Enterprise
Messaging
Using
JMS
and
IBM
WebSphere",
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
author
of
Enterprise
Messaging
Using
JMS
and
IBM
WebSphere.
-
See
more
at:
http://paulwriter.com/conversation-kareem-yusuf-ibm-4/#sthash.WbEwZJAp.dpuf
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Kareem
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Lisa,
mobile
software
engineer
at
IBM,
Master
Inventor
with
more
than
370
patents
filed,
self-published
author
of
a
children's
book,
A
Robot
Story,
one
of
Network
World's
50
Most
Fascinating
People
in
the
World
of
Technology,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Lisa
as
she
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Mariano,
Community
Manager
for
IBM's
New2Blue
who
owns
13
pairs
of
running
shoes
and
is
a
devoted
triathlete.
Whether
he's
reading
the
latest
blogs,
photobombing
his
friends
pictures,
or
playing
and
listening
to
music,
Mariano
always
manages
to
stay
active!
Make
sure
to
check
out
his
personal blog.
IBM
puts
B2B
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Marie,
Analytics
Strategist
for
IBM,
globally
recognized
thought
leader,
popular
blogger
(make
sure
you
check
out
her
blog:
AllThingsAnalytics.com),
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Marie
as
she
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
her
talk
on
humanizing
analytics.
... [ + Read more ]

Meet
Susan,
industry
analyst
with
Altimeter
Group,
renowned
expert
on
data
and
analytics,
independent
researcher
and
advisor
to
global
organizations
and
technology
innovators
on
strategic
data
initiatives,
board
member
of
The Big Boulder Initiative,
and
soon-to-be
TED
speaker!
Get
ready
to
be
inspired
by
Susan
as
she
Reimagines
Our
World
at
TED@IBM
with
... [ + Read more ]

Suffering
from
#SXSW
Envy:
How
to
Stay
in
the
Loop
No
Matter
Where
You
Are
by
Colleen
Burns
(@colleeni),
Influencer
Relations
Interesting
day
--
I
got
a
notice
saying
I
had
a
spike
in
my
Klout
score,
but
thanks
to
Twitter,
I
feel
more
unpopular
than
ever.
Why?
#SXSW
Every
other
... [ + Read more ]

#SXSW:
See
it
for
yourself
By
Colleen
Burns,
IBM
Influencer
Relations
If
you've
logged
into
your
Twitter
account,
opened
Facebook
or
browsed
Instagram
this
weekend,
there's
a
pretty
good
chance
you've
seen
a
posting
or
two
about
SXSW.
The
interactive
festival
kicked
off
on
Friday
and
IBMers
and
business
partners
... [ + Read more ]

Whenever
I
mention
to
other
business
professionals
that
my
company
has
an
internal
social
network,
I
get
questions.
Those
familiar
with
social
business
tools
ask
me
what
we’re
using
and
how
it’s
going.
The
uninitiated
generally
ask
politely
what
social
business
is
exactly.
Both
parties
ask
about
the
features
and
... [ + Read more ]

Over
the
past
few
years,
the
use
of
social
technology
has
become
a
sweeping
cultural,
societal
and
economic
phenomenon.
People
are
now
sharing
original
content,
joining
virtual
communities,
tapping
into
the
advice
and
expertise
of
others
and
sharing
experiences
at
an
unprecedented
pace.
With
approximately
2
billion
people
now
connected
... [ + Read more ]

Five
new
social
networking
applications:
Cool
or
creepy?
By
Brandi
Boatner,
IBM
Global
Business
Services
and
Holly
Nielsen,
Human
Ability
and
Accessibility
The
different
ways
social
networking
can
connect
people
is
constantly
expanding,
with
new
applications
announced
daily.
There
are
so
many
new
ideas
and
technologies,
privacy
laws
can’t
begin
to
keep
... [ + Read more ]

Ready
for
Social
Business
–
My
Take
on
the
Value
it
Provides
for
Partners By
Michael
Porter,
Principal
for
Portal
and
Social,
Perficient
@PorterOnPortal
Yesterday
I
spoke
about
IBM’s
new
program
and
how
it
might
prove
valuable
to
clients.
Today’s
post
focuses
on
the
value
this
new
program
brings
to
partners.
... [ + Read more ]

Accessibility
101:
How
accessibility
affects
you
and
your
business
Holly
Nielsen,
Social
Media
Manager
and
Webmaster,
Human
Ability
and
Accessibility
Accessibility
is
one
of
those
topics
that
once
you’re
introduced
to
it,
you
not
only
become
passionate
about
it,
but
also
an
advocate
for
it.
Some
people
have
family
or
friends
... [ + Read more ]

Adjusting
to
change:
But
seriously,
white
carpeting?
Carol
Sumner,
IBM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader
My
husband
and
I
moved
to
a
new
a
few
of
weeks
ago.
Obviously
we
loved
the
home
and
the
location
(five
minutes
from
my
favorite
golf
course)
or
we
wouldn't
have
bought
it.
But
the
transition
has
... [ + Read more ]

If
content
is
king,
then
digital
content
creators
are
the
new
king-makers.
Which
is
not
quite
the
same
as
being
royalty,
but
it’s
pretty
close.
Admittedly
that’s
a
bit
of
hyperbole,
but
digital
content
creation
is
definitely
a
hot
job
function
in
2014.
In
their
session
at
IBM
Pulse
2014,
Sandy
... [ + Read more ]

Audio
(Video)
Descriptions:
A
social
business
secret
weapon
By
Larry
Goldberg,
Director,
WGBH
National
Center
for
Accessible
Media
Odds
are
good
that
video
has
become
a
key
component
of
your
marketing
arsenal
—
and
for
good
reason.
Consider:
More
than
180
million
U.S.
Internet
users
watched
36.6
billion
online
content
videos
during
... [ + Read more ]

by
Mike
Rhodin,
Senior
Vice
President,
Software
Solutions
Group,
IBMIt's
no
secret
that
the
way
people
communicate,
find
and
share
information,
and
even
work
has
dramatically
changed
over
the
past
few
years.
Social
networks
and
social
media
have
forged
new
connections
and
while
providing
new
tools
for
collaboration
and